REVIEW : Goldifox at Brighton Fringe 2015

As the first show of this years Brighton Fringe 2015 and nominated for best kids show in 2014 my 4 year old and I were definitely a little overexcited to be seeing Goldifox!

The show combines puppetry with a good dose of panto and as Goldilocks is such a familiar story for most kids, they all settled in quickly sat at the front on a carpet.

It wasn’t long before all the kids were belly laughing at the old fashioned slapstick between narrator and the most lovable fox called Charlie who plays the “Goldifox” character in the traditional story (called this because of his Goldie looking chain!).

Without any encouragement audience participation from the kids was there from the off and three children are picked to take part in the show to be the three bears. The narrator was great with the kids heckling and kept the show moving along at pace.

Goldifox wields a chainsaw at one point to carve a chair in half which had the whole audience including adults laughing out loud. This is a perfect family show for children of all ages, a great introduction to theatre for little ones and keeps the adults entertained too – I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The studio at Komedia is tight to get in and we recommend you sit on the bar stool seats at the side for an eye to fox view of the action!

Running time : 45 minutes

On from 2-4 May at Komedia Studio, 44-46 Gardener Street, Brighton, BN1 1UN